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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

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Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "fiduciary agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "claim agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
• This email message is a fake lottery scam. Consider the following facts about real lotteries:
  
  1. They don't notify winners by email.
  2. You can't win without first buying a lottery ticket.
  3. They don't randomly select email addresses to award prizes to.
  4. They don't use free email accounts (Yahoo, Hotmail, etc) to communicate with you.
  5. They don't tell you to call a mobile phone number.
  6. They don't tell you to keep your winnings secret.
  7. They will never ask a winner to pay any fees to receive a prize!
• This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
  • drfrankgardner@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "GLOBAL INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY INCOPERATED HEADQUARTERS" <giliinc77@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 07 Sep 2006 13:38:47 +0100
Subject: YOU HAVE WON CONTACT YOUR CLAIM AGENT NOW!!

DATE: 7/9/2006
REFNO: 06/8755412/2006
BATCH NO: 987644329/654
WINNING NO: WFD 6540089 GILI
 
IT IS OUR GREAT PLEASURE TO INFORM YOU OF YOUR WINNING PRIZE RELEASE ON THE 3RD SEPTEMBER 2006 FROM THE GLOBAL INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY INCORPORATE.
 
THESE LOTTERIES ARE FULLY BASED ON AN ELECTRONIC SELECTION OF WINNERS USINGTHEIR E-MAIL ADDRESSES. YOUR E MAIL ADDRESS WAS ATTACHED TO TICKET NUMBER;109865442 SERIAL NUMBER 8751128673. THIS BATCH DRAWS THE LUCKY NUMBERS AS FOLLOWS 22-41-63-77-82 BONUS NUMBER34, WHICH CONSEQUENTLY WON THE LOTTERY IN THE SECOND CATEGORY.
 
YOU ARE HERE BY HAVE BEEN APPROVED A LUMP SUM PAY OF (ONE MILLION DOLLARS)IN CASH CREDIT FILE REF: GILI/MM 8755412/05 FROM THE TOTAL CASH PRIZE OFUS$1,000,000.00 SHARED AMONGST TEN LUCKY WINNERS IN THIS CATEGORY.
 
ALL E MAIL ADDRESSES WERE SELECTED THROUGH A COMPUTER BALLOTING SYSTEM DRAWNFORM NINE HUNDRED THOUSAND E-MAIL ADDRESSES FROM CANADA, AUSTRALIA, UNITEDSTATES, ASIA, EUROPE, MIDDLE EAST, AFRICA AND OCEANIA AS PART OF OUR
 
INTERNATIONALPROMOTIONS PROGRAM WHICH IS CONDUCTED ANNUALLY.
THIS LOTTERY WAS PROMOTED AND SPONSORED BY A CONGLOMERATE OF SOME MULTINATIONALCOMPANIES AS PART OF THEIR SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY TO THE CITIZENS IN THECOMMUNITIES WHERE THEY HAVE OPERATIONAL BASE.
 
YOUR PRIZE OF US$1,000,000.00WILL BE RELEASED TO YOU FROM OUR LONDON CORRESPONDENT WHERE WE HAVE OURCORPORATE HEAD QUARTERS.
 
WE HOPE WITH PART OF YOUR PRIZE, YOU WILL PARTICIPATE IN OUR END OF YEARHIGH STAKES FOR ONE BILLION INTERNATIONAL DRAW.
 
HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE:
SIMPLY CONTACT OUR FIDUCIARY AGENT, DR FRANK GARDNER VIA THE EMAIL: drfrankgardner@hotmail.com 
 
FILE FOR YOUR CLAIM. PLEASE QUOTE YOUR REFERENCE, BATCH AND WINNING NUMBERWHICH CAN BE FOUND ON THE TOP LEFT CORNER OF THIS NOTIFICATION AS WELL ASYOUR FULL NAME, ADDRESS AND TELEPHONE NUMBER TO HELP LOCATE YOUR FILE EASILY.
 
FOR SECURITY REASONS, WE ADVICE ALL WINNERS TO  KEEP THIS INFORMATION CONFIDENTIALFROM THE PUBLIC UNTIL YOUR CLAIM IS PROCESSED AND YOUR PRIZE RELEASED TOYOU.
 
THIS IS PART OF OUR SECURITY PROTOCOL TO AVOID DOUBLE CLAIMING AND UNWARRANTEDTAKING ADVANTAGE OF THIS PROGRAM BY WINNERS OR UNOFFICIAL PERSONNEL.
 
DO CONTACT YOUR CLAIM AGENT VIA DR FRANK GARDNER ON THE EMAIL:
drfrankgardner@hotmail.com  
ANY BREACH OF CONFIDENTIALITY ON THE PART OF THE WINNERS WILL RESULT TODISQUALIFICATION
 
NOTE: ALL WINNINGS MUST BE CLAIMED ON OR BEFORE THE 30TH OF SEPTEMBER 2006, OTHERWISE FUNDS WILL BE RETURNED AS UNCLAIMED AND EVENTUALLY DONATE TO CHARITY.
 
CONGRATULATIONS ONCE AGAIN ON YOUR WINNINGS!!!
BEST REGARDS
MRS. ANNE DEAN
CO-COORDINATOR

 

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